[mythtv-users] lirc (usb) stops working after a while (hal issue?)

Simon Ferber simon at ist-schlau.de
Thu Mar 4 15:01:12 UTC 2010


jgmtfia Mr wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 05:34, Simon Ferber <simon at ist-schlau.de> wrote:
>
>   
>>> I found a strange behaviour I can't stop: If MythTV is up and running and
>>> nobody uses it for a while (e.g. 30 minutes), the remote isn't working at
>>> all. If I push the power button (at the PC, not the one on the remote) very
>>> shortly, it starts working again as if nothing happened. The logs doesn't
>>> show any change though.
>>> As the workaround "pushing the power button" always solved it temporary, I
>>> think it's caused by the hal power management. I tried to add
>>> usbcore.autosuspend=-1, but the behaviour didn't change.
>>> Or does xorg with it's event interface blocks the remote?
>>>       
>> Yesterday I tested with acpid running and without acpid running. Same
>> effect: After a while not using the remote, it doesn't react on key presses.
>> One short push onto the PCs power button and the remote is up and running.
>>     
>
> I have also noticed a similar pattern of behavior, but use a keypress
> on the attached keyboard to bring the system back to a state where it
> listens to the lirc remote.
>   
I didn't try a keyboard yet, as the frontend is installed without 
keyboard. Did you find a reliable solution? Getting up after every show 
makes a remote a bit senseless...



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